Fifth grade spent some time working on a fan-favorite, Minecraft inspired self-portraits. We discussed game design and how far pixelation has come. K-2 worked hard on creating colorful eggs nests in celebration of spring. The students learned all about many different varieties of eggs and went wild with color as a result!
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Here are some examples of 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade origami radial symmetry works. The fifth graders also made beautiful abstract three dimensional paper art and iris folds. Iris folds get their
We are having such a great time making rhymes!
Our classes are exploring multiple works by Dr. Seuss and using them for inspiration to create unique rhyming sentences. "The Sneetches" is one book that is being read and discussed with the older classes. Students are asked to find the multiple morals provided by the story. The students then illustrate their work. Younger classes are reading "There's a Wocket in my Pocket". They create creatures with a new name in a rhyming place. February is Black History Month, but in the Hedke artroom we talk about embracing diversity all year long! Some current projects that we have going that teach the acceptance of others and futhering our understanding of others include: All hands In - A project that symbolizes the fact that no matter what our race, heritage, background, lifestyle, dress, etc., etc , etc., we are all one TEAM. Jacob Lawrence Collages - A collage that shows how community impacts our lives. We look at African-American painter Jacob Lawerence's work, read a book he has illustrated and find out about the meaning of his community inspired artworks. We then create a community inspired collage of our own. It has been a busy and exciting start to the long winter. Artists have been exploring different cultural traditions, like Polish Wycinanki Paper Cuts (pronounced Vee-chee-non-kee). Some functional art being created as well. Felt strip coasters were wrapped with holiday cheer to spread the artistic love. Ms. Dziadosz did some of her own art making to create a juke box for the school Musical Celebration. Of course, some classic winter art themes have been covered as well, including: the work of Norman Rockwell, snowman chalk drawings, winter landscape painting, and polar bears in front of the aurora borealis (northern lights) For the past few years, I have had the opportunity to donate my time and artwork for an extremely good cause. Spaulding for Children hosts yearly Celebrity Cook-Off's and Wait-Off's where, amongst other things, local celebrities work as cooks and waiters. The celebrities wear hand painted aprons that get auctioned off during the evening. The proceeds are donated to Spaulding for Children. I have had such a great time painting aprons for the cause in the past, that this year I brought in some aprons for the students to help create. They had an amazing time with them. The only complaint was that they wanted to make more! I was so pleased and impressed by the student's reactions. The project spurred discussion of the importance of helping others, the positive aspects of adoption, and more. A student in fourth grade even had an opportunity to share her own adoption story and was very proud to help paint the aprons to help others. All in all, it was a great experience. A special thank you goes out to Spaulding for all the wonderful hard work they do each and every day! http://spaulding.org/ The fall is a perfect time of year to explore organic shape and form. This fall we have a wide range of fun and educational art projects happening at Hedke. Kindergarten is making pop-up pumpkin patches. They are using organic shape, warm colors, and line to create natural looking pumpkin patches that take 2D shapes to make 3D sculptures. K - 2 are also exploring organic shape through the work of Pablo Picasso. His abstract portraits are a great inspiration for creative witches and frankensteins. 3rd grade is loving the creation of organic form tree sculptures and pumpkin patches. They are using warm colors, actual textures, and more. Unfortunately, these are a must see in person: the pictures really don't do them justice. 4th grade is getting extremely creative with haunted house silhouettes. 4th and 5th grades are all making organic jack-o-lanterns out of clay. 5th graders are also practicing form through shading partial pumpkin drawings with warm color value techniques. More pictures will be posted soon. Elements of design can be found in every single artwork. This first project of the year is focusing on Line. Line is used all the time in creating artwork, the question is whether or not Line is being used CREATIVELY. To explore line variety, the classes are working on imitation stained glass creations. Kindergarten to 5th are using Line in a variety of creative ways to create their stained glass. K through 2nd are working on line and shape variety. 3rd and 4th grade are working on organic vs. geometric Line. 5th are using the Lines created by the letters of their names to create more symbolic stained glass artworks that represent them as individuals. These stained glass works tell the story of the student, as many stained glass images tell stories. |
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AuthorLauren Dziadosz is a K-5 art teacher at Hedke and Anderson Elementary Schools in Trenton, Michigan |